They can develop as flat, discolored areas of skin or as raised growths, often with a rough surface.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

Anders Wilhelmson says the sanitation process can take as little as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

Petit juries can have as few as five or six members or as many as twelve.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

These groups are known as Greek letter societies or as being part of the Greek system.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

He could be as hard as a robot, or as smooth as liquid.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

His music no longer was as easy to understand, or as popular.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

Broccoli and cauliflower can grow outdoors from seed or as small plants.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

As long as I've been here this is the toughest thing that's ever happened to this city and I want to urge everybody out there to give whatever you can - as little as you can or as much as you can - to give something because there's a lot of people really hurting right now.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

"As a Congolese,as an African, or as a citizen of the universe, as a great lover of music, Michael Jackson was simply an icon,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

Nothing in Afghanistan happens in a day or as quick as it would in the U.S."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

More than 1,400 foreign troops have died while thousands of Afghan civilians have been killed by insurgents or as a result of military operations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"My feeling on climate change is, I don't know that what we do as Americans or as people is what's causing most of what's happening.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

It is sabotage. It means to damage or destroy as an act of subversion against an organization or nation.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay taxes or give as holy offerings to the gods.

VOA: special.2010.02.17